Meaning of crushing in English
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Classifying Adjective
crushingDefinitions
1. physically or spiritually devastatingExamples
- « often used in combination »
- « a crushing blow »
- « a crushing rejection »
- « bone-crushing »
Synonyms
Noun
crushingDefinitions
1. forceful preventionExamples
- « putting down by power or authority »
- « the suppression of heresy »
- « the quelling of the rebellion »
- « the stifling of all dissent »
Derived terms
Famous quotes
- « You can have 10 bucks to 10 million bucks and if you got a crew, imagination and a lot of people willing to turn in some work next to nothing, you going to have a feature. But you can't get beyond how expensive marketing the movie is, it's so crushing. » Kevin Smith
- « Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. » Henri Frederic Amiel
- « If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing you. » Jeanette Winterson
- « With unemployment still abysmally high, the Obama economy is crushing Hispanics' dreams for their children to live a better life. » Marco Rubio
- « Losing my parents was the most crushing thing that ever happened to me. I lost my dad when I was 26, and it changed my life entirely. » Harlan Coben